I love watching the change of seasons as I pass through the Skagit Valley. Fields that are flooded this week will give way to thousands of snow geese and then to daffodils in a month and potatoes in five months.
I'm still unearthing bulbs that have been smothered by mulch and fallen leaves. I am hesitant to remove all the protection that the leaves provide, but it really does feel we've turned a corner. President's Day is the start of the seed planting at Casa Ernest. Sweet peas and lettuce will be sown next week followed by other cool weather crops. I'll put in seedlings as well. I know that is cheating to some, but I'll take anything that looks like it is living.
It makes me hopeful.
